Battles - Atlas (Lollapalooza 2008)

[FollOwr]

I was there, but at the time I didn't know who this band was. Right after Lollapalooza ended I buying their album. AMAZING.

[crago121]

people won't be people when they hear this sound

[1969fenderjazz]

@crago121 so true

[musicalman1995]

this song is sooo scary

[danitiwa]

2 people weren't people when they heard this song

[Mister86Productions]

THE BASS! FEEL IT!

[dudenick44]

Did that kid crowd surfing fall on your head at 7:03? Lol you are the man for holding a camera in that crowd. Looks like a blast! Thanks for the vid. O-way-oh!

[BL00DSEAL]

i love how fucking weird these dudes are, unlike any band i've ever listen to. battles for the fucking win!

[TheDisaster1000]

what dose that song mean

[xlonexassassinx95847]

@TheDisaster1000 i have no clue but its my fav

[fauxtechnology]

i was there.

[xJohnnyGoodx]

It isnt a digiteck whammy, but it is a whammy

[joaopapas]

ground breaking? with what? your head?

[XRISTOSUNIT]

thanks

[XRISTOSUNIT]

HOW THY DO THAT VOICe?

[xlonexassassinx95847]

a special sound board with foot pedals. look at the music vid at warp records

[willisaboss]

Live sampling

[mynameizcasanova2]

@willisaboss

battles never use live sampling

[Kelavmeister]

THEY USE A DIGITECH WHAMMy.

[mattthewcook]

there's shitloads of misinformation about this its actually a Boss PS-3 pitch shifter with an expression pedal controlling the pitch, which is very similar to a whammy

[mynameizcasanova2]

@XRISTOSUNIT

he distorts it with a foot pedal as he sings so as he leans his weight forward the pitch goes up and when he leans it back the pitch goes down

[SimonRivas]

I love NIN but where did the comparison come from?

[WeakSignaI]

lol my cousin went to that. he got his camera stolen while he was tapeing. :(

[nciviero]

I like it how I can watch this video and stare at the back of my own head for most of it

[Crede06]

It is amazing to see Battles get the young crowd at their show. I think everyone was 18-29 years old.

[cool4cats]

hahahahaha oh man thats me @ 7:05 bahahaha... battles had one of the best sets at lolla

[Loofslaw]

hell yea!

[huskynation8302]

hey thats me with the white tee and red backpack thing around 3:50 that was so much fun sorry i got in your way sometimes i was just having too much fun hahaha

[WillBraden]

this sounds is fucking PERFECT. even though it's not perfect, it's perfect because it captures the show sound perfectly. I've never seen Battles because of medical shit, so this is the best shit EVER to get me to feel like I've heard an actual show!

[sonicgregu]

awesome show!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gmista33]

satan is good. whoa i know.

[Loofslaw]

lol, the singer is a crook whooooaaaaoooo

[Loofslaw]

everyone went to camp out at rage.. now tell me why would they do sumthing so stupid to miss the greatest performance at Lolla in my opinion?????!??!?!

[blacksquidward12345]

hehe i made ppl camp for me and got to see lupe battles ect the whole day ;] and got to see rage close up but not in the pits

did u see nin or kanye? or both?

[Loofslaw]

i bum rushed rage and saw them really close too. i saw the first to songs of kanye. then rushed in the to see NIN. NIN is better in my opinion...

[blacksquidward12345]

yeah nin is better

i left a little early after like an hour and a half of rage and saw like the last 3 songs of wilco who were pretty good too

[WillBraden]

NIN is better if you are stuck in 1995 (and that's not HORRIBLE, it was a good year)...but if you want to evolve, eschew the lame hooks and pseudo-pop shit of NIN and get into new shit. here's how: buy a Battles album...

[blacksquidward12345]

95 was a good year haha. I did buy mirrored after the show. Great tracks. I still like NIN better their the kings of industrial. Battles is still new as 1 group. They need more albums then we'll talk.

[darnallt]

I was never into NIN, and I like Battles, so I'm with you on that--but get your head out of your ass, dude.

[WillBraden]

it sucks been right but having your head up your ass so no one can hear you! at least I have my braille keyboard so I can set people straight on YouTube.

[darnallt]

Rewrite that.

[WillBraden]

replace "been" with "being", other than that, I'm happy.

[sweetchuck830]

Check out Babyland before you ever cal NIN ground breaking, and yes Babyland was doing it first.

[divisionbell90]

This was awesome! Everyone bum rushed after this song started and it went crazy.

[ccastro420]

damn missed this.... i saw lupe to be right dead center for rage against the machine

[strychnine133]

Hey I saw me!

[ivanooze13]

in my opinion the best show at lolla this year

plus the two that jumped on stage are friends of mine!

[Loofslaw]

those are my long skinny brown arms, LOL. thank you for the vid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!